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AN ACT
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relating to the calculation of certain deadlines under the public |
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information law. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Subsection (f), Section 552.263, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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�������(f)��A requestor who fails to make a deposit or post a bond |
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required under Subsection (a) before the 10th business day after |
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the date the deposit or bond is required is considered to have |
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withdrawn the request for the copy of the public information that |
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precipitated the requirement of the deposit or bond. |
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�������SECTION�2.��Subsection (a), Section 552.306, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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�������(a)��Except as provided by Section 552.011, the attorney |
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general shall promptly render a decision requested under this |
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subchapter, consistent with the standards of due process, |
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determining whether the requested information is within one of the |
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exceptions of Subchapter C. The attorney general shall render the |
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decision not later than the 45th business [working] day after the |
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date the attorney general received the request for a decision. If |
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the attorney general is unable to issue the decision within the |
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45-day period, the attorney general may extend the period for |
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issuing the decision by an additional 10 business [working] days by |
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informing the governmental body and the requestor, during the |
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original 45-day period, of the reason for the delay. |
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�������SECTION�3.��Subsection (b), Section 552.307, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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�������(b)��If a decision is not requested under Subsection (a), the |
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governmental body shall release the information to the person with |
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a special right of access under Section 552.023 not later than the |
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10th business day after the date of receiving the request for |
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information. |
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�������SECTION�4.��The changes in law made by this Act to Sections |
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552.263, 552.306, and 552.307, Government Code, apply only in |
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relation to a request for public information that is made under |
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Chapter 552, Government Code, on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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�������SECTION�5.��This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.��If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate�������������Speaker of the House |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�175 passed the Senate on |
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March�14,�2007, by the following vote:��Yeas�30, Nays�0. |
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���Secretary of the Senate |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�175 passed the House on |
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May�17,�2007, by the following vote:��Yeas�143, Nays�0, two |
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present not voting. |
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______________________________� |
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���Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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����������Governor |